Wiley Wales Powerchutes is located in southeastern Colorado. It offers a sport pilot certificate training by certified ultralight instructors for powered parachutes and weight shift ultralights. The average cost is $2,000 for the flight training and $2,500 for the use of the ultralight. The company flies all year round and trainee pilots enjoy the spectacular scenery. Ultralight flying is regulated under Section 103 of the Federal Aviation Regulations and a pilot's license is not legally required to fly a microlight in the United States. An FAA sport pilot certification has been proposed and may be implemented sometime in the future.
Sky Sports Flying School located in York, Western Australia, provides microlight pilot training and certification. Its instruction courses include a conversion course, ground tuition, exams, general flying test, radio course and certificate, cross-country endorsement, bi-annual review and aircraft inspections. It charges AU$170 an hour for training on its aircraft or AU$98 per hour if you use your own microlight. A minimum of 20 hours is required. Theory and maintenance cost AU$64 per hour and the company provides on-site accommodations at AU$15 per night. As of 2011, the Australian and U.S. dollars were roughly on par.
Microflights Microlight Flying School is located in Buckinghamshire, England. Microlights are the largest single group of light aviation aircraft in the U.K. Pilots have to complete a British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) approved training course in order to obtain a microlight pilot's license. This requires a minimum of 25 hours flight time.The course includes two solo cross-country flights, a flying test, and five exams. The average cost is £5,000 to £6,000 (about $8,000 to $9,500). No medical exam is required.
The year round temperate weather in South Africa makes for ideal conditions for microlights. Microlight flying is extremely popular in South Africa and the Learn to Fly Company offers a microlight pilot and safari package at Kwa Madwala, meaning "the place of the rock." The cost is subject to change, but a the time of writing it was ZAR37,000 (about $5,000 in U.S. dollars in 2011.) The package includes 30 hours of flying, four weeks accommodation, medical examination, license fees and game drives and elephant rides.